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The sequence of events started on Mar 6th was a discussion about RNA viruses and the role of zinc in inhibiting viral replication, it's in update # 32 above and is a pretty good refresher for anybody who wants a foundation in understanding the subject. Someone referenced in update #34, a paper showing Chloroquine was a zinc ionophore (helps zinc get inside cells) in vitro (Mar 10). Next it was found that hydroxychloroquine was also a zinc ionophore and much better tolerated the chloroquine in #34 on Mar 10th.One of the questions was, what else was posted on this drug prior to the President bringing them up, I don't know where it leads, but if you care enough about this topic, isn't at least worth checking who we are listening to?
Here is the story of how Donald found out.
How Trump Became Obsessed with Hydroxychloroquine
Elon Musk, a terribly flawed French study, and Trump's trade adviser all hyped an antimalarial drug as the coronavirus cure.
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How Trump Became Obsessed with Hydroxychloroquine
Elon Musk, a terribly flawed French study, and Trump’s trade adviser all hyped an antimalarial drug as the coronavirus cure.
BY LUKE DARBY
April 7, 2020
"What do you have to lose?" Donald Trump asked rhetorically at a press briefing on Saturday. He was talking about hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug, which is also approved to treat lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, and which the president has latched on to as a miracle cure for coronavirus. Even if it's not, he says, coronavirus patients who are likely to die should go for it. "Take it. I really think they should take it. But it's their choice. And it's their doctor's choice or the doctors in the hospital. But hydroxychloroquine. Try it, if you'd like."
For now, there's limited evidence that hydroxychloroquine can help with mild cases of coronavirus, but that evidence is either anecdotal or based on questionable studies, some without control groups. Speaking to Face the Nation on CBS Sunday, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said, "There have been cases that show there may be an effect, and there are others to show there's no effect. So, I think in terms of science, I don't think we could definitively say it works."
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